ST. LOUIS — Don’t miss The Missouri Dinosaur, tonight, Thursday Feb 10, 7 p.m., CST, via Zoom. It’s FREE and OPEN to ALL!
Students, check with your teachers! Many teachers offer extra credit to students who attend Academy STEM events and programs.
Register here: https://academyofsciencestl.org/event/science-in-st-louis-a-monthly-virtual-series-on-science-in-st-louis-2/
FREE and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend. Space is limited. Registration required. Registrants receive Zoom information via email immediately after registering.
Featured Speaker: Guy Darrough, Curator, Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center; Owner and artist, Lost World Studios
On October 15, 2021, with the help of a crane, 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms) of fossilized Parrosaurus missouriensis, the Missouri State Dinosaur, was excavated near Glen Allen, Missouri, by researchers from The Field Museum in Chicago and the Sainte Genevieve Museum Learning Center, to make its way to the Field Museum for preparation, research, and eventual display.
Hear the story of one of Missouri’s most recent and exciting dinosaur finds from dig site director, Guy Darrough, a self-taught and highly accomplished fossil collector, fossil preparation expert, and illustrator who has worked in paleontology and related areas for more than 40 years.
Learn about the newly dedicated Sainte Genevieve Museum and Learning Center—recently named the Missouri Dinosaur’s official visitor center; the life of Guy Darrough, and the pivotal role he played in this latest discovery.
Brought to you by Science in St. Louis, a special partnership series of The Academy of Science – St. Louis and the St. Louis County Library. Science in St. Louis is underwritten in part with support from Boeing and the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis, sponsoring the full array of Academy STEM Teens programming.